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Robyn Barnard is a Staff Attorney at CGRS. Before joining CGRS, she worked at Human Rights First as the detention attorney for the Refugee Representation program. In this capacity she represented detained asylum... Read more

Blaine is involved in many aspects of the Center's work including appellate litigation, international human rights, and research and policy analysis. In addition, Blaine has also taught as an Adjunct Professor at UC... Read more

Prior to joining CGRS, Claire worked as a paralegal with the Immigrant Protection Unit of the New York Legal Assistance Group to provide free direct representation and legal advocacy to low-income clients... Read more

Annie Daher is a Staff Attorney at CGRS. Previously, Annie worked as a Staff Attorney at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, where she analyzed and recommended memorandum... Read more

Moira Duvernay joined the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies in October 2014 as Associate Director and Senior Staff Attorney. Moira comes to CGRS as an experienced litigator in the areas of international human... Read more

Christine is a Senior Staff Attorney and the Managing Attorney of CGRS-California. Previously, she co-taught and supervised the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic at UC Hastings as the Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons,... Read more

Sayoni is a Staff Attorney at CGRS. Before joining CGRS, she worked at Sanctuary for Families as a Staff Attorney in the Immigration Intervention Project, where she represented survivors of gender-based... Read more

Professor Karen Musalo directs the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies and the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic. She is lead co-author of Refugee Law and Policy: An International and Comparative Approach (4th edition),... Read more

Christine co-teaches and supervises the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic at UC Hastings. Previously, she worked at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI) as a Staff Attorney in the Health Justice Program where she... Read more

Chris Selig is the Development Director at CGRS. Prior to joining CGRS, Chris worked as a program, research, and development consultant for non–profits, government agencies, foundations, and social impact... Read more

Fabiola relocated from her native Lima, Peru to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003. She went on to earn a B.A. from San Francisco State University in International Relations in 2013 and an M.A.... Read more

Advisory Board

After graduating Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, Denise Abrams spent the next 18 years working at Kazan Law as a law clerk, associate, and then a principal and attorney mentor. In 2009, she decided to devote the majority of her time to pro bono practice, and... Read more

Simona is a litigator specializing in complex litigation, including intellectual property matters, securities cases, and commercial disputes. She is an alumna of UC Hastings and has successfully litigated several gender asylum cases.

Richard Boswell joined UC Hastings as a faculty member in 1990. Previously, he worked in private practice, as a faculty member at the Law School of Notre Dame, and in the George Washington National Law Center, where he founded its first immigration clinic and directed the Trial Practice... Read more

Ms. Broder specializes in the laws and policies affecting access to health care, public benefits and education for low-income immigrants across the United States. She holds a juris doctor from Yale Law School and works for the National Immigration Law Center where she writes articles and... Read more

Sara Campos is a writer, lawyer, and consultant specializing in immigration and refugee issues. A graduate of UCLA Law, she worked at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area where she directed the Asylum Program. She also worked as a Staff Attorney for the National... Read more

Minette Kwok is currently a Partner with Minami Tamaki LLP where she concentrates on business immigration and representing start- ups, emerging high tech companies, and global Fortune 500 companies in the IT, engineering, clean energy, and manufacturing industries. She currently serves on the... Read more

George Rehm is a founding partner of aeris CAPITAL AG. He joined aeris in 2004 and has over thirty years of experience as a lawyer and executive in international licensing, technology transfer and investment and privatization transactions in the US, Europe and... Read more

Darren Teshima is a litigation partner based in the San Francisco office of Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe. He represents corporate policyholders in insurance coverage disputes and acts as an advisor to clients in the financial services, technology, retail, and hospitality industries.... Read more

Sandra Thompson is currently an immigration attorney, practicing at Catholic Charities pro bono. After an 18-year career at IBM, where she held a variety of positions in sales, marketing, and strategy development, both domestically and internationally, she graduated from UC Hastings... Read more

Natalie is the Women in Technology Advocate at Google, fostering inclusivity in technology as the program manager for Women Techmakers. Prior to this position, she served as the Community Manager for Google+. Natalie specializes in building online social movements, marketing and community... Read more

Ana Reyes’ practice focuses on international litigation. She has handled matters for foreign government agencies, foreign officials, and international organizations in litigation throughout the United States and in international arbitration. She represented the... Read more